Lyhanna affair: Auch prosecutor Clémence Meyer transferred to Bordeaux

In mid-June, she found herself on the front line facing popular vindictiveness against Justice. As FranceInfo made public, Clémence Meyer, prosecutor of Auch, left her prosecutor's office for the criminal department of the general prosecutor's office of Bordeaux. A change which follows the tragedy of Lyhanna, in mid-June. This 13-year-old girl had been raped and murdered by Jérôme Barella, a sexual predator several times reported and identified by the police and the courts following complaints and investigations, but never worried.

The Chancellery encouraged her to request a transfer

Officially, this transfer comes at his request. According to our information, it was the Chancellery which encouraged her to request a transfer. Her new functions as general substitute keep her at position equivalence, whereas she could have requested a move to third grade. Indeed, the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) had cleared her in its two successive reports, pointing out the failings of the Auch prosecutor, who should be the subject of disciplinary proceedings.

The shock wave was such that Clémence Meyer was the subject of death threats and tons of insults on social networks, while her nine-year-old child was also attacked. A situation which led to them being placed under protection. “It was therefore very complicated for this magistrate to stay and live in a small town like Auch and continue to fulfill her missions,” underlines a senior magistrate. Never has a legal case taken to the streets as was the case with the Lyhanna affair.